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|. M. NOBLE AND w. E. GossLlNG.

STORAGE BATTERY. APPLICATION ILED JULY 23.19l9.

Patented. Jan. 4, 1921;

.UNITED .STATES- iRviNEfjM. NOBLE AND. yiiviirfriia E.

AssrGNoRs To PREsT-o-Lirn YORK..V

with batteriesv intended for isolated plants,

such as house lighting. The chief objects of the improvement are to yproduce a more compact batteryin which the plates arenot subject to any displacement, such as yfanning, and this we accomplish by the construction that may be described infgeneral Y j priate postfby an ear v5 at one corner. The

terms as follows: 2

The outside, which are usually the negative plates of a group or'series of battery elements, are formed or provided at their lower corners with projections' or extensions containing horizontal recesses or open slots. In these slots and spanning the said outside plates are forced insulating strips or j [of support at diagonally.opposite.V corners flat bars, preferably of wood, "which have the two-fold purpose of preventing lateral displacement of the group of elements, and

also of forming stops against which projections at the .corners of the intermediate plates diagonally opposite ther supporting posts at the top may rest and thereby prevent said plates from fanning.v f

The details and specific nature ofthe improvement will be more fully set forth by reference to the accompanying drawings, in

` which- Figure 1 is a vertical sectionof a battery embodying the invention.

Fig. 2 is a vertical cross section of the same at right angles to Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a detail view in elevationv of one i of the Aoutside plates; and, i

Fig. 4 is a similar view of Vone of kthe intermediate plates.V

The jar for cont ported by the posts 3 and 4 as shown.

aining the battery ele-v ments is indicated by the numeral Vll, the cover by 2, andthe positive and negative` eos'sLiNs, or iNDIANAroLis, INDIANA, COMPANY, INC., A coaroiaiviIoNv or NEW sroRAeii BATTERY; j

specification of Iietters Patent'. n J anj4j`121j i Appiicationnied :ruiy 23, ieia serial No'. 312,829.vv 'i The outside negative plates at their klower corners fare formed with downwardly and vlaterally extending ears' or projections l6v withwhorizontal recesses or open'slots 7.

therein, and into these slotsare inserted and preferably ysecured in any propermanner Cross/bars' orz'at'fstripsS of linsulating ma- 'eel teifi`al,`preferablyf wood, which are wider y 'of the strips y6 are sojdetermined with refor lie invery close proximity with the walls ment of thek outside plates. f

than the' depth of tlieslotssoas toproject j but beyondthe ears 6 as shown.,` y

i e @T651 The width of the plates and dimensions Each j'ntermediate plate, Whether positive v` or negative, is suspendedfromits approdiagonally opposite corner at ythe bottom is formed with a lateral extension k9 kand a detact with'and rest `upon the ycross bars` 8, so thatyeachfof said plates has two points which" support them vertically.

Each intermediate plate atitsother lower strips "8 whereby two lateral supports at the lower edge of each plate are affordedV and any tendency-to fanning is'entirely prevented@ f f Theseparators rest upon the cross bars of insulatingmaterial and the'xconstruction and What Vwe yclaim asv our invention ispending projection lOwithk theiredges at f right. angles, and the platesarek of such dimensions that these projectionsare in con- 95' arrangement yis such that there vcan be no short circuitingfof plates by falling or ac- M cumulated material, and no, injury to either the elements or the jars 'due to shocks. orf

'roughhandlingu j 100' f lfkThe, combination, in ay storage battery y withk the `outside or 'negative plates of the -igroup of elements, formed withY down-fl ,wardly and laterally extended*projections having horizontal yrecesses there1n,"of insulating bridgejstrips inserted in the slots in said projections,and extending'beyond the` `said. projections substantially in` contact with the walls of the battery cell, and' interliii) mediate plates having projections at their lower corners which at the corner diagonally opposite to the post support engage the top'and inner side edge of a bridge strip, and at the other corner engage the inner side edge of the other strip.

2. The combination in a storage battery with the outsideplates of the group of elements formed with downwardly and laterally extending projections having horizontal recesses or open slots therein, of insulating strips inserted in said slots and extending beyond the said project-ions into substantial contact with the walls of the cell, of intermediate plates supported at one corner by their respective terminal posts, and having their lo-wer corners under said supports in Contact with the inner side edge of aan insulating strip, and their opposite lower corners resting on and against the other insulated strip;

portedV at one corner by their respective VterminalA posts and having' at their diagonally opposite corners laterally and downwardly extending projections engaging with the top and inner side edges of one of said bridge strips and downwardly extending projections at the opposite corners engaging with the inner side edge of the other strip.

In testimony whereof we hereunto ailix our signatures.

IRVINE M. NOBLE. WALTER E. GossLING. 

